This weekend the 10th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival turns the entire DUMBO neighborhood into an enormous art gallery. More than 1,500 artists with ties to this area are participating by showing their work in exhibitions or opening their studios to the public. Many of the artists are present to meet visitors, discuss their creations and explain their visions.
Streets, shops, cafes and even parked trucks are filled with paintings, sculptures and photography while basements, garages, parks and empty buildings host performances of dance, film, video and music. This is a time to wander in and out of galleries and installations, sample styles and works, explore new media and artists and, perhaps, find something unexpected and wonderful.
Today’s notable surprises include the Rider Project, a temporary mobile art gallery located in the back of two rented Ryder trucks (the roof of one is adorned with a sculpture of grass that softly undulates in the wind), Micki Watanabe, who makes books that are scuptures that are caligraphy that are art, Ryan Schroeder, creator of molded frozen casein scupltures that melt, run and eventually disappear, Alan Sanchez, whose intricate drawings and assemblages connect science fiction, childlike wonder and engineering, Gautam Kansara, who transforms documentary-like videos of his family into poignant, moving fantasies, and Katrina Remembered: The Coast Is Not Clear, an exhibit of recent works by six Mississippi artists and Brooklyn’s Radhi Chakasani.
Panel painted on Water St. (1 of 4) 
Panel painted on Water St. (2 of 4)
Panel painted on Water St. (3 of 4)
Panel painted on Water St. (4 of 4)
Viewing images from Hurricane Katrina
At the Katrina Remembered exhibit
Viewing Katrina Remembered exhibit
The Rider Project parked on Water Street
Inside the Rider Project
Standing in the Rider Project truck
Sitting in the Rider Project truck
Sitting near the Rider Project
Artist Hayley Severns
Artist Ryan Schroeder
I love these events!
Excellent presentation.
Have a nice day,regards from Thessaloniki.